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Citation! song

Sung to the theme from Ghostbusters!

If you use a source
in your bio project,
what you gonna do?
Citation!

If you paraphrase
someone else’s words
What you gonna do?
Citation!

I ain’t gonna get in trouble
I ain’t gonna get in trouble.

If you summarize
some big main ideas
What you gonna do?
Citation!

Direct Quotations
need the most attention
What you gonna do?
Citation!

Author, page number, in-text
Author, page number, in-text

Where’s it gonna be?
In text!

If you don’t know
for sure what to do
call
Ms. Calsing!

Last name, lead in, page number
Author and Web site address!
I ain’t gonna get in trouble
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah

What you gonna do?
Citation

If you’ve used outside sources
and you need to cite them
you’d better call
Ms. Huckabay

Lemme tell you something
Citing sources makes me feel so good!

I’m gonna give credit!
I’m gonna give credit!’

Don’t get caught plagiarizing no no

Citation!

When you put it in
Your own words
You still need to do
citation

What you gonna do?
Citation

What you gonna do?
Citation

What you gonna do?
Citation

What you gonna do?
Citation

I can’t hear you
What you gonna do?
Citation

Even in your own words?
Citation!

What you gonna do?
Citation

What you gonna do?
Citation

What you gonna do?
Citation

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